Letter received by Banks from Boys Err Burrill, February 1801 (Series 63.24) - No. 0001

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B.E. Burrill respectfully waits on Sr Joseph Banks for an Answer to his letter address'd to Sr Joseph on Fryday last.

[In Sir Joseph Banks' handwriting.]

He thinks that he would go if £50 a year & his Provisions were allowd him.  his Father was a Carpenter he could act as an armerer & while Smith has been employd by Mr La Roux & Emery as a Watchmaker & by Mr Adams & by Mr Nairne as a mathematical instrument maker he has tools as a Watchmaker & a mathematical instrument maker which he could take with him.